Help with cat in leasehold flat - Director with passive/aggressive behaviour

Luisaandhercat

Tokmon said:

HampshireH said:

I also agree you should have read the paperwork before signing, but you have acknowledged that and there's nothing you can do about that now.

Well they have two options: 1. Get rid of the Cat 2. Move house I would say option 2 is the best option here because they obviously don't want to get rid of the cat and they don't like the terms of the lease or the people who manage it.

@tokmon
I never said we don't like the terms of the lease or the people who manage it.
Do you have a reply instead for what I did say:
I made a mistake not reading the lease fully; I wrote back apologising, admitting and asking for permission.
Initially when I wrote my post here, I just wanted advice on how to keep our indoor cat when several others without permits keep dogs that have to inevitably take our for a walk 2 or 3 times a day.
It's the same Directors and Managing company for the whole Estate. 
That's what I don't like.

youth_leader

@Luisaandhercat, I'm sorry you are in this situation.  I'm a cat and dog owner, and was put off a leasehold flat by a post on this forum.   Tenants had complained about a resident putting cat litter in the communal bins.  Make sure it's heavily bagged up.

teachfast

youth_leader said:

@Luisaandhercat, I'm sorry you are in this situation.  I'm a cat and dog owner, and was put off a leasehold flat by a post on this forum.   Tenants had complained about a resident putting cat litter in the communal bins.  Make sure it's heavily bagged up.

Did it interfere with their litter sniffing activities?

youth_leader

ha ha - it shocked me, I hadn't realised about communal bins and people having the time to inspect the contents.

poli123

hi 
I am a director of a block and someone asked if they could have a cat and as correctly stated it’s a violation of the lease so we said no ,  if we said yes then it opens the floodgates for all animals which isn’t what we want . 

Having said that we approved a tenant with a cat as he has a medical exemption and you should show empathy if there is a genuine reason 

Luisaandhercat

teachfast said:

youth_leader said:

@Luisaandhercat, I'm sorry you are in this situation.  I'm a cat and dog owner, and was put off a leasehold flat by a post on this forum.   Tenants had complained about a resident putting cat litter in the communal bins.  Make sure it's heavily bagged up.

Did it interfere with their litter sniffing activities?

@teachfast That was gold. lolololol

annetheman

poli123 said:

hi 
I am a director of a block and someone asked if they could have a cat and as correctly stated it’s a violation of the lease so we said no ,  if we said yes then it opens the floodgates for all animals which isn’t what we want . 

Having said that we approved a tenant with a cat as he has a medical exemption and you should show empathy if there is a genuine reason 

Interesting - please explain the logic behind this? If you make decisions on a case-by-case basis, that means allowing 1 domestic cat request does not "open the floodgates for all animals" - rather, it allows 1 domestic cat to stay in the property. If the next request received is for a dog/rabbit/pig/tiger, you consider that request independently; no need to say yes to that request because you said yes to the previous one. Surely the discretion you have as a management co allows you to be discretionary without relying on precedent?

Even one domestic cat request vs another may not have the same outcome - let's say that 1 cat is indoor-only, vaccinated, microchipped and neutered/spayed - all detailed in a full, vaildated vet history - vs a rescue cat of unknown origin - it would make sense to consider one less likely to be a nuisance than the other, so you might say yes to one and not the other??

tacticalbanjo

youth_leader said:

ha ha - it shocked me, I hadn't realised about communal bins and people having the time to inspect the contents.

Rule 1 for living in flats: There is always a self-appointed bin warden ready to jump out at any moment and shout at you for some imaginary infraction.

Tokmon

Luisaandhercat said:

Tokmon said:

HampshireH said:

I also agree you should have read the paperwork before signing, but you have acknowledged that and there's nothing you can do about that now.

Well they have two options: 1. Get rid of the Cat 2. Move house I would say option 2 is the best option here because they obviously don't want to get rid of the cat and they don't like the terms of the lease or the people who manage it.

@tokmon
I never said we don't like the terms of the lease or the people who manage it.
Do you have a reply instead for what I did say:
I made a mistake not reading the lease fully; I wrote back apologising, admitting and asking for permission.
Initially when I wrote my post here, I just wanted advice on how to keep our indoor cat when several others without permits keep dogs that have to inevitably take our for a walk 2 or 3 times a day.
It's the same Directors and Managing company for the whole Estate. 
That's what I don't like.

So you like the term of the lease that means you aren't allowed pets without permission and you like the person who you said this about: "I do feel she exhibits passive-agressive and bully behaviour".

If i had pets i wouldn't like the terms of the lease and i certainly don't like people who exhibit bullying behavior so it seems strange to me that you don't dislike both!.

From what i have read on here the other people who have dogs are from different building or houses? So i don't see the problem with that myself because everyone's lease can be different and houses certainly aren't likely to have a no pets policy. So if your comparing to people who live in houses on the same estate that's an entirely different situation because they don't have shared communal areas.

martindow

poli123 said:

hi 
I am a director of a block and someone asked if they could have a cat and as correctly stated it’s a violation of the lease so we said no ,  if we said yes then it opens the floodgates for all animals which isn’t what we want . 

Having said that we approved a tenant with a cat as he has a medical exemption and you should show empathy if there is a genuine reason 

Can you explain this - what sort of medical exemption did you accept regarding a cat?  Presumably the OP could use this argument in their case if it seems persuasive to management committees.